[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             END HUNGER NOW

  (Mr. McGOVERN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, as working families try to get ahead, 
billionaire food companies and grocery giants continue to engage in 
excessive price gouging.
  That is why I am joining my colleague from Massachusetts, Senator 
Elizabeth Warren, to call them out.
  We heard good news this morning. Grocery prices are flat thanks to a 
rebounding economy under the leadership of President Biden, but times 
are still tough and grocery prices are still stubbornly high.
  Meanwhile, corporate CEOs are raking in profits and urging people to 
eat cereal for dinner and urging people to eat Doritos as a side dish 
to save money. It is absurd.
  Corporations can no longer hide behind the guise of inflation. At 
various points in recent years, grocery price increases have outpaced 
inflation, with families paying 25 percent more for groceries as 
compared to pre-pandemic.
  I applaud the Biden-Harris administration for the economic relief 
they have already delivered for working families. Now, we are putting 
billionaire corporations on notice. Their time of greed is coming to an 
end. We all need to work together to end hunger now.

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